Remote-First Associate Director, Data Science & MLOps

CamWebDir; Milton; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jagex, the RuneScape company, seeks an Associate Director of Data Science to lead a team of data scientists and own the end-to-end data science stack from modeling to MLOps deployment. You will collaborate with Player Support, Marketing, Analytics, and Game Teams to shape experiences for millions of players.

You will mix hands-on model development with strategic leadership, mentoring staff and driving data initiatives that impact live game ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Significant experience applying data science to complex commercial, product, or player-facing problems.
• Strong practical knowledge of statistical methods, predictive modelling, and machine learning, including evaluating model performance.
• Hands-on experience with MLOps in production, including deployment, monitoring, versioning and retraining.
• Experience leading or mentoring data scientists, with evidence of coaching and workload management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of data scientists, setting direction and supporting growth.
• Build and own data science models that support multiple teams across the business.
• Lead exploration of new business areas and data science models to embed in the business.
• Own the team's MLOps practice, including deployment, monitoring and retraining pipelines.
• Deliver data science initiatives from ideation through to production.
• Act as day-to-day contact for stakeholders on data science matters.
• Coach and mentor data scientists on technical delivery and stakeholder management.

Skills

Data science leadership

Statistical methods

Machine learning

MLOps

Stakeholder management

Mentoring / coaching

Communication

Tools

MLOps tooling

Job description

Jagex, the RuneScape company, seeks an Associate Director of Data Science to lead a team of data scientists and own the end-to-end data science stack from modeling to MLOps deployment. You will collaborate with Player Support, Marketing, Analytics, and Game Teams to shape experiences for millions of players.

You will mix hands-on model development with strategic leadership, mentoring staff and driving data initiatives that impact live game ecosystems.